With economic issues owning the political conversation this election cycle, there hasn't been much back and forth on social policy. But the National Rifle Association, one of the nation's most influential lobbying groups, is spending $400,000 to tell gun rights advocates that Democrat Joe Sestak is a man to fear.

"They are pushing a radical agenda to take away your freedom, take away your Second Amendment rights" a voiceover in the ad says. "And Joe Sestak is helping them do it. If Joe Sestak wins, you lose."

According to Politico, which first reported it, the ad will air in the Erie, Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Johnstown, Harrisburg and Allentown media markets.

Republican Pat Toomey was endorsed by the NRA at the end of last month. In late August, Toomey was asked about his position on gun control and in a rare moment of going off script he said, “My idea of gun control is steady aim."